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Telephone conversation # 6884, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH UNIDENTIFIED PERSON ABOUT U THANT'S CRITICAL REMARKS ABOUT US AND VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT ADLAI STEVENSON'S REACTION TO U THANT'S REMARKS
Telephone conversation # 7633, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 5/12/1965, 10:57AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS STEVENSON TO TALK IN CONFIDENCE TO U THANT ABOUT VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE CONTINGENT UPON CESSATION OF INFILTRATION; LBJ'S DOUBTS ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF PAUSE; POSSIBLE DOMESTIC, CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; CALL FOR CEASEFIRE BY U THANT OR POPE
Telephone conversation # 3681, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER PROJECT; CALIFORNIA; BARRY GOLDWATER; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; SPEECHES BY RUSSELL, ROBERT BYRD; ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, MLK; LAOS RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS; RUSSELL'S, LBJ'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM; POSSIBLE UN INVOLVEMENT; U THANT; DOMINO
Telephone conversation # 4773, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/6/1964, 12:46PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPEARANCE BY JOHN MCCONE AT GEORGE MAHON'S VIETNAM HEARING; ALLEGATIONS US PROVOKED TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; CONGRESSIONAL FEAR OF "NO WIN" POLICY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH U
Telephone conversation # 6882, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 6889, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/26/1965, 5:21PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON WHO WANTS GREATER AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH U THANT ABOUT PEACE TALKS ON VIETNAM; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS INQUIRIES ON STEVENSON VISIT AND STEVENSON'S RESPONSE; FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; STEVENSON'S FUTURE
Telephone conversation # 7017, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • LBJ PROTESTS WECHSLER'S COLUMN ABOUT LBJ'S FRIENDSHIP WITH WILLIAM S. WHITE, EFFECT ON WHITE'S COLUMN ON U THANT, VIETNAM; US AID TO BURMA; NYT STORY ABOUT LBJ'S CLOSEST ADVISERS; ABE FORTAS; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOMMY CORCORAN; JAMES ROWE; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 8412, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/28/1965, 7:20PM (Item)
  • GOLDBERG CONGRATULATES LBJ ON PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ABE FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; UN RESPONSE TO STATEMENT; GOLDBERG'S TALK WITH U THANT ON PEACE EFFORTS; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECENT REPORT; HOUSE REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B
Telephone conversation # 9187, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/20/1965, 8:22PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION FOR US TROOPS IN PLEI MI AREA TO FIRE IN SELF-DEFENSE OVER CAMBODIAN BORDER AT VIET CONG, NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES; MCNAMARA SUGGESTS U THANT BE NOTIFIED AND THAT UN ASK SIHANOUK TO PERMIT UN FORCE TO PATROL CAMBODIAN
Telephone conversation # 8196, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/26/1965, 7:38AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON UN ARTICLE 19 CONTROVERSY ON NON-PAYMENT OF DUES; ADLAI STEVENSON'S VIEWS; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTIONS; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, KY, NEGOTIATIONS WITH VIET CONG; U THANT PEACE EFFORT; LBJ'S UN
Telephone conversation # 10203, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 6/2/1966, 1:11PM (Item)
  • SOUTH VIETNAM'S REQUEST TO CARRY OUT RIBICOFF PLAN FOR UN SUPERVISION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE ELECTIONS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTION; POSSIBLE OBJECTIONS BY USSR, FRANCE TO RIBICOFF PLAN; WAYNE MORSE'S CRITICISM OF U THANT; COMPARISON WITH KOREAN WAR
Telephone conversation # 12715, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 2/14/1968, 9:37AM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS HOOVER TO WATCH EMBASSIES IN WASHINGTON, DC, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FOREIGN CONTACTS WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS; U THANT'S MEETING WITH LEONID BREZHNEV; US VIOLATION OF CHINESE AIRSPACE; SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR TOP CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 12942, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 4/30/1968, 10:50AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PROPOSAL OF BUCHAREST AS SITE FOR VIETNAM PEACE TALKS; LBJ SAYS HE PREFERS BUCHAREST TO WARSAW OR PARIS; QUESTION OF USING U THANT AS CHANNEL FOR TALKS
Telephone conversation # 11613, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/6/1967, 4:03PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON DEFECTION OF STALIN'S DAUGHTER SVETLANA, CONCERNS ABOUT HER SAFETY; RUSK'S MEETING WITH PATRICK DEAN ON VISIT TO UK BY US OFFICIAL; PRESS LEAKS; RUSK'S SCHEDULE; SPACE TREATY; U THANT'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; CONGRESSIONAL PEACE
Telephone conversation # 11647, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/18/1967, 10:43AM (Item)
  • RUSK DISCUSSES SOUTH VIETNAMESE REPLY TO U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL, US RESPONSE; LBJ EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT VARIOUS PEACE PROPOSALS, DECLINING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE WAR, HANOI'S UNWILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE, NEED FOR US STRENGTH IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11234, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/30/1966, 2:30PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS THAT U THANT WILL ISSUE REPLY TO ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S LETTER ON VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; RUSK SAYS HE WILL RELAY FULL TEXT OF REPLY AS SOON AS HE RECEIVES IT FROM RALPH BUNCHE; EFFORTS TO REACH GOLDBERG
Telephone conversation # 11169, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/20/1966, 12:16PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT; LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT PREPARATIONS; FEDERAL BUDGET; HISTORY OF MIDTERM CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION RESULTS AFTER PRESIDENTIAL LANDSLIDES; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; CRITICISM BY GOVS.; LETTER TO U THANT
Telephone conversation # 9345, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 12/28/1965, 11:42AM (Item)
  • LBJ TEASES GOLDBERG ABOUT HIS VACATION, PURCHASE OF LOT ON LAKE LBJ, ASKS HIM TO UNDERTAKE TRIP TO DISCUSS VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS WITH U THANT, POPE PAUL, DE GAULLE; OTHER DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS; GOLDBERG OFFERS CONGRATULATIONS ON LUCI JOHNSON'S
Telephone conversation # 12717, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 2/14/1968, 9:46AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EARLE WHEELER'S ADVICE ON VIETNAM TROOP INCREASE; USS PUEBLO; US PLANE'S VIOLATION OF CHINESE AIRSPACE; CLIFFORD'S MEETING WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT VIETNAM CRITICS; U THANT'S PEACE EFFORT; NORTH VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO PEACE
Telephone conversation # 12728, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/21/1968, 8:52AM? (Item)
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT 8/4/64 TONKIN GULF ATTACK AT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; CRITICISM BY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, EUGENE MCCARTHY; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS; U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL; EARLE WHEELER'S HEALTH
Telephone conversation # 11113, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/5/1966, 10:46AM (Item)
  • PRESS STORY ON STATE DEPT; LBJ'S ADVICE ON PREPARING FOR WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS; PURCHASES FOR UK AND TRILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS; NEED FOR MULTILATERAL FOOD AID FOR INDIA; U THANT AND VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; WILLIAM MANCHESTER BOOK ON JFK